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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
OhiO's Governors.

The following is a complete list
of the Governors Of Ohio since the
States admission into the Union
in 1902:
1SOS-Edward Tifin, Ross Co.,
81 years.
1SO7-Thomas Kirker, Adams
Co., 6 months.
1SO8-Sam'l Huntington, Trum-
bull Co., 2 years.
1S1O-Return Meigs, Washing
ton Co., 81 years.
1S14-Othniel LOCKER, Hamil-
ton Co., 6 months.
1814-Thos. Worthington, Ross
Co., 4 years.
1S1S-Ethan A.. Brown, Hamil.
ton Co., 81 years.
1922-Allen Trimble, Highland
Co., 6 months.
1S22-Jeremiah Morrow, War
rem Co., 4 years.
1926-Allen Trimble, Highland
Co., 4 years.
LS30-Duncan Macarthur, High
land Co., 2 years.
1S32-Robert Lucas, Pike Co.,
4 years.
1S36-Joseph Vance, Champaign
Co., 2 years.
1S3S-Wilson Shannon, Belmont
Co., 2 years.
1S40-Thomas Corwin, Warren
Co., 2 years.
1S42-Wilson Shannon, Belmont
Co., u years.
1S44-Thomas w. Barley, Rich
land Co., 6 months.
1S46-Willia Webb, ButlerC Co..
2 years.
1S4S-Seabury Ford, GeaugaCo
1year and II months.
1S50-Reuben Wood, Cuyahoga
Co., II years.
! Medill. Fairfield
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
A Party of Opposition.
Cincinnati Times Star, (Rep.

The Republican press of New
York will take notice that every
Republican member of the House
of Representatives voted to pass
the dependent pension bill over the
Presidents veto. 1t might have
been supposed that the Mail and
Express, Commercial Advertiser,
Times and Post, and their hundreds
of followers among the Republican
newspapers of the country, and es-
pecially of this State, would have
been able to control at least one
Congressman of their own party by
their united influence. But they
were not able to command a single
vote. The Republican party is now
a party of opposition, pure and sim
pie, and evidently will vote for or
against anything, regardless of con-
viction or principle, on the barest
hope that it may embarrass the
Democratic administration.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The legislature of Ohio, on the
10th, repealed the law prohibiting
the intermarriage of white and col
ored people in this State. The re-
-pealing law also leaves no restric-
tons in the attendance of colored
children at the public schools. AT
the time the bill became a law, the
galleries were filed with colored
people, who sent up deafening
shouts over its passage, regarding
the act as one of simple justice to
them, thus relieving them of all CT
vii disabilities within the confines
of this State. 1t is to be hoped
that the colored man will be now
left to dig for himself, the same as
a white man, without any more leg.
islation, and if any of the Repub.
lican members of the body that
passed the bill prefer a black wife
to a white one, let him have her in
peace.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

Republican rule and extravaganza has
ba~nkrupted the State Treasury. Foraker
suggests a tax on farms to keep up the def
ciency.-EGton Democrat.
Now you know, Gould, that Foraker never
suggested any such a thing. And again, ,yon
State Treasury before the Republicans came
into power. If our memory serves us right,
you wrote several ~asticles condemnatory of
that infamous Democratic gang of Mclean
ties during their control of things at Column
bus.-Greenuille Courier.
The coal oil Legislature Quilted
their own private treasury for par
ty purposes, while the Republican
Legislature have Quilted the peo-
pies treasury for the same ends
We object to both-the latter, how
ever, is the most reprehensible.-
You see the difference, Bro. Cal
derwood.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
Spoke For His Comrades.
PHILADELPHIA Times.

No other country, grateful for
the military service of its sons, ev-
er paid so much to relieve their
distress and reward their labors as
the United States has done. But
the country cannot swamp itself
to save itself. The soldiers do
not desire it, no matter what a few
may say. The foremost soldier OF
all-General Grant-vetoed the
bill to ~equalize .bounties, which
was a much less radical measure
than the INDECENT Pension bill
Grant spoke for his comrades.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

Co., 6 months.
Medill, Fairfield
Co., 2 years.
1855-Salmon P. Chase, Hamil-
ton Co., 4 years.
1859-Wm. Dennison, Franklin
Co., 2 years.
1se1-David Todd, Mahoning
Co., 2 years.
1863-John Brough, Cuyahoga
Co., 1 year and 7 months.
1S65-Charles Anderson, Mont
gomery Co., 5 months.
1866. D. Cox, Trumbull Co.,
2 years.
1s67-R. B. Hayes, Hamilton
Co., 4 years.
1S71-E. T. Moves, Hamilton
Co., 2 years.
1873-William Allen, Fairfield
&C.,, 2 years.
1S75-R. B. Hayes, sandusky
Co., 1 year and 3 months.
1S77-Thomas L. Young, Ham
ilton Co., 6 months.
1s77-R. M. Bishop, Hamilton
Co., 2 years.
1sSO-Chas. Foster, Seneca Co.,
r. years.
1ss3-George Hoadly, Hamil-
ton Co., 2 years.
1856. B. Foraker, Hamilton
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

A few obscure blatherskite par
tisan journals, without influence
or credit, keep up a racket over the
President vetoing the dependent
pension bill, or as a prominent Re
publican journal branded it, "pau-
per pension bill" No a single Re-
publican paper of any influence OF
prominence but what endorsed the
veto.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The New York World has looked
up the matter of pension legisla-
ton and discovers that John Sher-
man is opposed to the principle in
volved in the dependent pension
bill, although he voted for the mea-
sure as a matter of policy. In Feb
ruary, 1871, when the bill to grant
a pension Of So per month to sur
vivors of the war of 1872 was be-
ing considered in the Senate, he
said:
Mr.. President, is it wise for us to
extend our pension list except on
peculiar grounds? This act now
passed without the reasons that
justify the original precedent will
be made an example hereafter, and
when the partisans hereafter seek
ing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES no popu,
larity is so cheap Is this desiring
to relieve old soldiers'-may pro-
pose to extend our pension list. SC
as to embrace those who served in
the recent war, what will become
of the Treasury
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

One Of the most telling points
against the dependent pension bill
was made by General Bragg, that
it would place on the roll a great
army of men who never saw active
service, including over 100000 ne
groes, who were used exclusively
as guards about barracks and hos
pitfalls for a short period at the close
of the war.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03


The Coshocton Democrat says:
The Ohio Penitentiary, under Re-
publican management, is losing at
the rate of $4,000 a year, and it
looks as though it might reach
100000 during the coming twelve
months. When, in consequence
of a-change of system and neces-
sary repairs and buildings, it run
behind about half that much under
a Democratic administration, Gov
ernor Foraker charged that whole
sale stealing was going on. What
has he to say about it now?.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
Soldiers are Not Beggars.
TChicago Times. !

The editors and politicians who
are calling on the whole earth to
see them weep over the sorrows of
the poor old soldier are not old
soldiers themselves. The man who
bore a musket or welded a sword
to any great extent is not the one
who is begging and SOLDERING
now. The hundred-day men, the
deserters, the bounty.jumpers, the
slop writers and the claim agents
are OVERRIDING the thing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
From Iowa.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa,
Feb 18th 1877

3OO3 AOpht
Mr.. Editor: When I left home
to visit the west I promised seve-
raj of my kindred and friends who
live in your county, and who are
readers of your paper, that I would
write them from time to time and
give them my ideas of this great
western country. I had Kansas
on the brain when I started, and
when I came to visit that State I
was much pleased with it's topog-
raphy, its soil and its wide awake
people In its appearance it is sug-
|gestive of that Eldorado toward
which we have all looked in our
speculative fancy. I was not dis
appointed in it in any respect, but
1 made a discovery which I think
hundreds of men overlook upon
visiting it. That is that taxes are
enormously high, and that farmers
have a long hard time to meet and
discharge them. The country be-
ing new, and everything in the way
of schools, bridges, public build
inngs to build, and the people all
around being strung up to what to
me appears to be an unreasonably
high pitch of expectation, and vot-
ing bonds and burdens upon them
selves to almost any.amount asked
by designing men and spectators,
are brining upon themselves an
enormous burden, and one under
which there must be a collapse of
values and consequent distress
THAT is the reason why [ pulled
out of the State and came up into
Nebraska, where l found a condi-
ton of affairs but little better
Then [ came into Iowa, and have
now spent two weeks visiting sew
eral towns and counties. Iowa is
out from under that burden. She
passed through the same trials and
tribulations, but she is in an ex.
: cellent condition now. Her public
buildings railroads, &C., are strong
: ly built and well equipped. Taxes
r are low, society is excellent-hav'
: not seen a drunk man since I came
l within her borders, and the best o
! order prevails everywhere. Wha
e astonished me was, that land
! equally good as compared with an.
$ saw in Kansas or Nebraska, witt
E better Improvements and advan
tages, are 20 to 25% cheaper her
q than in the eastern half of eithe
of those States. That is a fact
The pioneers of Iowa have in thou
sands of instances gone with tn
n columns from the middle State
$ and eastward to the great will
west. There is no boom here an
!. you can buy farming lands cheap
: lands that are excellent farms ant
farming lands, grazing lands an
in this and adjoining counties yo'
. can buy good lands with thic,
veins of coal underneath them
Just where I car, not now tell, bu
/ am decided to settle somewher
f in Iowa. If l had much money
would put it into coal lands. Goa
lands here are not billy and a
nearly worthless for other uses a
d in many localities in other States
When l return home | will ru.
down to see you, and will be pleas
ed to give you any information
can as to this country. Shout
n any of your readers, my friends i
J. particular, desire to know MOI
about it, they can address my ol
friends A. K. Welles & Co., at De
Moines, or H. J. Budd, of this C
: ty. They are old friends and
= can vouch for their reliability.
.e Yours Truly,
GEO. MILLER.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

1t is about twenty-five years
since the war closed, and the
amount now paid in pensions is
more than twice what it was fit
teen years ago! How is that =
Why it is simply a fact of this
enormous sum more than one half
is paid to claim agents and mid
die men, and it is practically plum
der.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The elections in Germany last
week resulted in victory for Bis
mark and the Imperial govern
ment, but it was by a narrow mar
gin. The vote shows that the
growth of republican sentiment
has been very rapid in the German
States.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
Temperance Sermon.

A Boston man on the fated Mon
treal train ran into a saloon at
Concord to take a drink and re-
TUNED to the station justin time
to see the rear end of the train as
it passed out Of the railroad yard
A few hours later his car plunged
Unto the White River. And die
THAT mar go down on his knees
~ swear never to touch anothel
drop? Not SO. He took another
drink and went back to Boston re
iOicinp
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The common sense and deliber-
ate judgment of the country is that
the President was right in vetoing
the pauper pension bill. The
House sustained the veto,snotwith-
standing the clamor of pension
sharks, demagogues and a few very
"small fry" newspapers.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

At least sixty of the Lightweight
county insane asylums in Ohio
r. said to be in a very bad condi-
ton, under Encouragement. And
the "God and morality party" is
in power!
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

Mrs. Roxalana Druse was hang
ed at Herkimer, N. Y, on Monday
last, for the crime of numbering her
husband. Her deed was a bloody
and revolving one, that of behead-
ing the man and incinerating the
body.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
The Veto VIII Stand.

tilted by the Democratic House of
Representatives, by a vote of It's
nays to 125 yeas, and was the
right thing to do. The bill was
nothing but a scheme of iobbery
and plumber, got up under the guise
of a patriotic purpose, and howev-
much the pension sharks, DEM
agogues and the few small fry par
tisan newspapers may rant over it,
the calm judgment of the whole
country will commend, first the
action of the President in vetoing
it, and second that of the House
in sustaining the veto. Every de-
serving union soldier ought to have
a pension, and MANY of them
should have larger pensions than
they get, but this bill which has
been justly smothered to death, did
not provide pensions for wounds,
disease, meritorious service or any
cause for which pensions may
properly be granted. 1t simply
declared that any man who had
his name on the army rolls, no
matter for how short a time, and
is now willing to confess himself a
pauper should receive $12 a month
from the government. Whether
the dependence, real or alleged, is
the result Of what he did in the
army or what he did out of it, or
whether it came about through Ia
illness, improvidence or miscon-
duct of any kind made no differ
ence. Worthy or unworthy, any
man willing to confess himself de-
pendent was to have a pension.
The bill if it had become a law
would have. swollen the present
enormous pension list, amounting
to $75,0O0,000 a year, to $4,000,
1000 a year and perhaps more, and
there is no question at all but thai
the greater part of this increase
would have gone into the hands o.
those having no righteous claim tt
any part of it, or any pensions
whatever.
The real sentiment ofthe worthy
union soldiers in regard to the bill
we have no doubt is expressed il
the following editorial comment o
1.-THE Scout and Mail, of Philadel
.lphia, the leading organ of th'
Grand Army of the Republic il
this country:
"The Grand Army of the Re
public is in favor of liberal pen
sions to those who need them ant
Ifavors such legislation as will &C
eomplish the purpose. But the,
want laws so plain that no inter
pretation can be put upon them b,
those charged with their admins
tration that will defeat their pur
pose. We have too much of tina
kind of legislation now. Whel
such high authority as the chair
Imam of the senate and house com
mittees on pensions differ in thei
Interpretation of a bill what cal
be expected of men of less calibe
who attempt to apply its provis
ions to practice? There is entire
ly too much insincerity on the par
f of those who make pension laws
If they want to help the soldier o
their dependent relatives they cal
! pass a plain, easily understood
law, practical in application, t.
(which there is but one interpreta
ton and which the president coult
not find reason for vetoing."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The treasury of,Ohio is in a de-
plorable condition the result of Re
publican rule. The appropriations
for the present session will reach
in the neighborhood of $4,000
900, about a 81, 100000 in excess
of the total revenues of the State
What do you think of it tax-pay,
ars2
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

Harper's Weekly endorses the
Presidents veto bill. 1t says
athe old and just principal of a
pension is compensation for disa-
bility acquired in the public ser
vice." and it is correct.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

Of all the nameless and brutal
horrors eve yet heard of in the
management of County Infirma-
ries, the worst of all comes from
Summit county where the Repub-
lican management have been guilty
OLA long continued series of crimes
50 infamous that they cannot be
~ binted at in the public prints.
-s,iItv of them
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

There is hardly a doubt but that
President Cleveland will correct a
serious weakness in his Cabinet,
by putting a western Democrat in
to it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
MementOes.
Greenville Advocate.

A handful of trade dollars should
be preserved in the relic department
at Washington, along with the char
ter of the Freedmen's Bank and a
few certificates of stock in the Cred
it Mobilier scheme, as mementoes
of Republican ignorance and knav-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The West Virginia Legislature
adjourned without eleeting Unit
.ed States Senator, and the Cover
nor appointed Daniel B. Lucas, a
Democrat 1kicker."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

An inquirer asks: "Is it legal in
this country for man to marry
his widows sister," We say no.
Miami Helmet.
We say yes. There is no law to
prevent it, Bro. Morris.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The editor of the New York Free
man, the leading organ of the col
ored men, calls upon his colored
brethren to rally to the support of
Cleveland for 1883.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The Democrats of Rhode Island
elected a Congressman last week,
the first one for many years:
Slowly the Republican party is GO
ing to pot.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
An Excellent Appointment.
TDaytOn journal

Mr.. John G. Doren, editor ofthe
Dayton Democrat, appointed a
member ofthe State Board of Chair
ties by Governor Foraker, was con-
firmed by the Senate Friday. Mr.
Doren possesses the qualifications
needed for the proper discharge Of
thsauties of the position, and the
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
6ld soldier General
hgainst the ''pauper

I5enatof Sherman resigned as
presiding officer of the United
States Senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The New York Suns Democrat
ic candidate for President in 1888
will not have a very great boom
Dana is growing childish.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

Charley yallandigham declares
he is now a Republican. Who
cares? Our party is better off
without him.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The scolor linen is now wiped
outin Ohio and the fellows who have
been SO anxious to put themselves
on a level with the colored people
can do so.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

A bill has been introduced in
the Legislature to punish persons
who attempt to vote illegally the
same as if they had voted.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The Albaugh school bill.was de-
feated in the Ohio Senate by a
vote of fourteen yeas to fifteen nays.
Close shave.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The late vetoed pension bill was
simply a srelief bill" for rascally
claim agents. They would have
been its chief benefciaries.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

After all his assaults upon Pres
ident Cleveland, Henry Watterson
said when the question a put to
him whether he would support
Cleveland for a second term: II
know nothing to the contrary
- cold oil
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The pension sharks are disap-
pointed and unhappy. The "veto"
speared them badly.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

No acolored Democrat need APP
ply" is the size of the present
Republican United States Senate.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
A Significant Fact.

1t is a significant fact which
shows the political drift of the
country, that twenty States in
which State elections were square
ly contested in 1886, there is a net
Democratic plurality of 1878
votes. In 1884 the same States
gave a net Republican plurality of
1862 votes. This Democratic
gain of nearly two hundred thou
sand is an indication of the in
creased strength of the Democratic
party under the administration of
President Cleveland. We com
mend these figures to the serious
consideration of the Republican
a~spirants to a Presidential nomi-
nation. The country is in the
hands of its friends, and the peo-
pie will see that it remains there.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
The Philadelphia Press is a solid

The Philadelphia Press is a solid
Republican paper. 1t is the lead
ing organ of the party in Pennsyl-
vania. It is Mr.. Blaine's friend,
and it is peculiarly qualified to
speak for the ex-soldiers of the
country because it has never been
lacking in it's devotion to their
cause, dating from Colonel For
ney's day. Speaking of the Presi-
dents veto of the Dependent Pen
sion bill the Press says:
"The pension business has been
overdone. This everlasting pas
sing around the hat for the sol
diers is doing much to lessen the
high esteem in which.they are just
ly held and to tarnish the fair re-
pute which they won on the field
of battle. We believe that the bet
ter class Of soldiers do not approve
of it. The Grand Army of the Re
public at it's San Francisco en-
campment last summer rebukeo
this mendicant spirit by voting
down a resolution clamoring fol
more liberal pensions. The coun
try has provided for its wounded
soldiers and for the widows anC
orphans of those killed in battl'
or who have since died'by reason
of injuries in the service. It i
right that it should provide forth
unfortunate ones who fought TO
their country but are now, by n
fault of their own, wholly, depend
lent. 1t should vote no more al
{ rears of pensions and pass no mea
sures SO loosely worded that mel
whose connection with the war wa
but nominal, whose worth is small
and whose disability is slight
shall be made eligible to a pension
from the Government. The Trea
sury surplus is not so difficult t
dispose of that it must be scattere'
in pensions without reason, meri
or limit. The Presidents veto, be
ing sanctioned by the country, vii
operate as a check on this form G
extravaganza and prove in conse
quence a great public service"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
Teachers Examinations.

nHE EXAMINERS of Preble County.
Ohio, will meet in the South School
Building, in Eaton, hereafter, to examine
teachers, on the LIST and Sd Saturdays OF
Oct, Now, Dec, JAM, Feb, March and
April; also on the LIST Saturday of May
and June, and on the Saturday following
the annual Institute in August.
f. P. VAUGHN,
r.. s. ALLEY, Ex'rs.
FRANK DEMOTT, J
Eaton, O., Aug. 31-1v
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

The Boston Transcript sharply
says: "The New York prohibi-
tionists are following the arrogant
and outrageous policy of their
brethren in other States, and OPP
posing high license before the leg
islature. 1t unfortunately was not
a novel, neither an inspiring sight
to see the chairman of the prohibi-
tory state committee and the rep
re~sentative of the liquor interests
at Albany, both ccndemning the
attempt to procure high license
legislation. Extremes meet. When
men attempt to legislate sobriety
into a community, all
compatible alliances maybe antio
ipated."
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
Money to Loan.

Money to loan in sums to suit, at Lowest
current rates of interest, on one to five
wears time. A number of valuable farms
for sale. Also town property in Eaton.
Office in Schlenker's building.
s~ug2G-tfl M. l.. HILL.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

5 vetoes are ap.
country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03

BIC still seems to
bio politics.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-03
Mnrcl. ), 1857

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